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UNCF Job Fair
Washington - Over 1,200 black
college graduates and others seek
ing employment attended the
third annual United Negro College
Fund Job Fair, held at the U.S. De
i partment of Labor headquarters
T hert.
Secretary of Labor William E.
Brock served as honorary chair
' man of this year's event, his third
year in that role.
Sixty-four recruiters from the
Washington metropolitan area
participated and provided the
prospective employees with infor
mation about their firms and the
types of positions available, and
accepted resumes.
'Although many of the jobs
available through the recruiters
were for entry-level positions, a
number of the firms were seeking
applicants with some type of ex
perience for higher level positions.
Buses of students from St. Au
gustine's College and Shaw Uni
versity, Raleigh, NC, and St. Paul's
College, Lawrenceville, Va., at
tended the fair, ready to meet with
recruiters and prepared to drop
off their Resumes.
Some of the features of this
year’s fair included job readiness
workshops, which provided ses
sions on how to prepare federal
job applications (SF 171), resume
writing and interview techniques.
The sessions were conducted by
Labor Department personnel
from the Employment and Train
ing Administration and the U.S.
Employment Service.
Computerized job banks were
also set up to show the availability
of other jobs across the nation.
Eunice Thomas, a special assist
ant to the secretary of labor and
the Labor Department's coordina
tor for the fair, said over 192 let
ters were sent to companies invit
ing their participation and 20 let
ters were sent to UNCF-member
colleges and universities, land
grant institutions, sororities and
fraternities, ministerial alliances
and others announcing the fair.
This was Anthony Cooper's
third year participating in the job
fair representing the Greater
Washington Board of Trade,
where he is manager and legal
counsel.
Cooper said the board of trade
also served as a facilitator, provid
ing a means for UNCF officials
and the participating firms to
meet and discuss the fair's details.
Jan Hendricks, a graduate of
Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.,
is working for the Xerox Corpora
tion in nearby Virginia, but she
same to drop off copies of her re
sume to firms interested in appli
cants with a background in busi
ness administration.
Angela Wray, a graduate of
Shaw University, took the day off
from her job as a hotel clerk in Ra
leigh, NC, to attend the fair. She
would like to enter the criminal
justice field.
Over 60 volunteers from the La
bor Department assisted with reg
istration and other services.
Urban League
continued from Page 1A
children are participating in spe
cial services.
Due to limited time, Ms.
Graves was only able to mention
two of the four recommendations
its committee had developed. The
subcommittee of academic im
provement recommended 1) that
professionally developed activi
ties for teachers, administrators,
and counselors be implemented to
improve these educators' sensi
tivity to minority students and 2)
that board policy and regulations
reflect the monitoring and evalu
ating minority students/
One student, responded that in
the area of academic improve
ment, she had personally encoun
tered occasions when she did not
fully understand an assignment
and had asked the teacher for fur
ther instruction, the teacher had
simply refused to help her.
Although, not a member of the
discipline committee, John Mays,
principal at Wilson Middle
School shared his views on the
discipline problem. He brought
out a fact that was well- evident:
there is a disproportionate num
ber of black kids who are sent
home in comparison to the num
ber of whites and that at his school
120 of the 180 students sent to in*
school suspension were black.
' While the dropout problem is
not new, John Crawford empha
sized that there are no short-term
answers. But members in the au
dience replied that course diffi
culty is one reason why students
drop out.
The meeting closed with Bar
bara Phillips inviting the audi
ence to tell other parents and oth
er students about the meeting.
Another one is scheduled for
some time in May.
Despite the low turnout, Madine
Fails and Barbara Phillips had
good feelings about the meeting.
"I felt very positive about what
happened at this meeting. Our
next meeting we will aim for
larger participation, because
whether we (blacks) admit it or
not, the educational issues con
cerning our kids are crucial and
warrants participation," stated
Ms. Fails.
Agreeing, Barbara Phillips
said "I thought the meeting went
well. Although the turnout was
disappointing, the people who
were there were very open and
communicative. They gave very
good points."
Martin And MLK Holiday
Continued from Page 1A
rector.
"We believe most North Caro
linian* can aee beyond the race
baiting going on,” Lightner con
cluded.
Gov. Martin was against the
King holiday bill from the begin
ning. Some say the passage of the
bill in North Carolina is" a di-“
rect defeat to Governor Martin
and the Helms backed congres
sional club.”
Rann, speaking on behalf of
Governor Martin, relates, "The
Governor did not actively cam
paign against the bill. However,
the paramount reason for his op
posing ths bill was because of eco
nomic concerns not the Helm's
philosophy that King was a Com
munist.
"Gov. Martin has reinforced
hie position to upholding the law
now that the bill has been passed,"
continues Rnnn.
Rep. Dan Blue, who says the
Governor "did everything in his
power to keep the holiday from be
ing," explains, "Gov. Martin
and others can sit around and
play politics with the King issue if
they want to. But we (the General
Assembly) have got to move on.
I’ve moved on to deal with other
issues critical and important to
the state. The day in honor of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. is now an
official holiday."
Rann aaya that ia the Govern -
or'a aentimenta exactly. "The
minority community of North
Carolina haa more preeeing
needa which ought to be on the
front burner. Governor Martin ia
committed to progreea in other ar
ea a, auch aa houaing, and doing
more for mipioritiea in atate gov
ernment.
McCullough Receives Master's
Cheryl A. McCullough of Char
lotte received a Master's degree in
Speech and Hearing Science from
Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH, during the university's 299th
Commencement exercise March
20th.
McCullough is a 1984 Cum
Leude undergraduate of Johnson
C. Smith University. She is also a
member of Delta Sigma Theta So
rority.
During her matriculation at
Ohio State University, she main
tained a 3.3 grade point average.
Presently, McCullough is em
ployed as a Speech Pathologist
with En-Speech, Inc., Dayton, OH.
A native Charlottean, she grew
up in Salem Missionary Baptist
Church, where Rev. Anthony Jin
wright is pastor. McCullough now
attends Second Baptist Church,
Cheryl McCullough
Columbus, OH, pastored by Dr.
Leon L. Troy.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John A. McCullough of Char
lotte and the granddaughter of
Ms. Vera McLendon of Ansonville,
NC.
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